🔬 Geneva Botanical Garden

Switzerland · Europe · 46.23°N, 6.15°E

The Geneva Botanic Garden is a botanical garden in Geneva, Switzerland. Founded in 1817 by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle, it now covers 28 hectares and holds major scientific collections, including more than 11'000 taxa in its living collections. Its herbarium, with over six million preserved specimens, is among the largest in the world. The garden also maintains a specialist library of more than 160'000 volumes. In 2023, it recorded about 700'000 visits, making it the most visited attraction in the city.

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Quick facts

Country	Switzerland
Continent / region	Europe
Coordinates (approx.)	46.23°N, 6.15°E · view on map

Geneva Botanical Garden is located in Switzerland, in Europe.

More science museums in Switzerland

Aathal Dinosaur Museum · Bern Botanical Garden · Botanical Garden of the University of Zurich · Botanical Garden St. Gallen · Cantonal Museum of Zoology · Mammutmuseum Niederweningen · Musée et jardins botaniques cantonaux · Natur- und Tierpark Goldau · Natur-Museum Luzern · Natural History Museum of Basel.

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